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Talent Trade Tidbit - The Feel Goods · The Talent Trade

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  Hi, this is Stephanie Maas.
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  Let's talk about playing the long game.
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  There was a candidate that I've called on for 10 years, and the joke was he would literally return my call every five years.
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  So here I am calling him four times a year for five years, and one of those calls gets returned and the first time he called me back he said, Hey, I think about moving to California.
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  Can you help me?
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  And I really couldn't, and they didn't end up making the move.
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  That was fine.
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  But hey, at least he called me and asked, right?
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  And then five years later he called me again and said, Hey, um, I'm not gonna relocate, but I am thinking about making a job change.
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  He was putting in just unbelievable hours.
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  He couldn't work from home ever.
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  He had an hour commute each way with, you know, without traffic.
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  He said basically, I don't need more money.
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  I don't need a better title, advancement, any of those things.
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  But I have hardly seen my kids in the last two years because I'm, I get up, I leave to go to work before they air up and I come home usually after they're in bed and.
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  I've only got a few years left of him.
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  I don't wanna be an absentee father, so can you find me something better?
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  Ironically enough, the timing was called, was perfect.
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  I had just launched the search that he was an exact fit for, and it was a little bit more money.
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  It was a little bit more advancement.
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  Those things just happened to be that way.
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  But the absolute best part was the organization that he joined completely believes in work-life balance.
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  He can work from home as much as he wants.
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  And it is literally a seven minute commute for him each way.
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  It.
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  It's so fun for me.
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  I mean, it's served my client.
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  He's already been promoted.
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  He's doing an incredibly good job there, but it's so fun for me when he calls me on his way home and says, Hey, I only got five minutes.
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  I'm almost home.
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  And he literally just left the office.
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  Or he'll call and say, Hey, I'm on.
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  I got to leave early today.
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  I'm on my way to see my son play a game, or whatever it is he's doing.
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  I mean, let me be clear.
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  We don't do this for the feel good.
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  I've got a family support.
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  I've got bills to pay.
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  I am not a nonprofit.
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  I'm in it for the money, no doubt.
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  But when you have the opportunity to serve people like that, it's just a huge difference maker.